[4][7][8][9], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Dan Lewis looks back on season with White Sox as former batboy", "I had a great time hiking with my dad Dan Lewis News yesterday on his birthday. Former NBC Nightly News weekend anchor John Seigenthaler Jr. was once a reporter and anchor at KOMO-TV. KING5's Lori Matsukawa is pictured here anchoring the 11pm show, her final live news broadcast before retiring after 39 years in the business, Friday, June 14, 2019. Her 18-year-old daughter is dead after a tragic crash early Sunday morning. (In 2006, Eric's Little Heroes was discontinued, until strong viewer support brought the feature back in early 2008). Paris Jackson has posted that she has signed off from KOMO 4. KING anchor Dennis Bounds, pictured early in his career. KOMO 4 News (TV Series 1953- ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Others have claimed that Choe was already ready to depart KOMO at the time of the video, and recapped the white nationalist rally with the Well Have Our Home Again score as an implicitly flippant curtain call with the media company. Bier on the Pier takes place on October 7th and 8th and features local ciders, food trucks and live music - not to mention the beautiful views of the Guemes Channel and backdrop of downtown Anacortes. Conners' Facebook implication that he may have been targeted by the IRS came as political controversy swirled around the agency's targeting of conservative groups that were applying for nonprofit status. KOMO's news operations has come under sharp criticism since the station was purchased by Sinclair Broadcasting, the company with right-wing ownership that has suggested a white nationalist. Choe made it clear that he is interested in staying in media. Emily is an investigative journalist with a background in several forms of media and an MBA in business management. He also was prohibited from telling his side of the story, he said. He was 54. " she said. I think, really, for the state of journalism, we have to continue to add context, we have to have a plan, we have to have a strategy for this type of stuff. That clearly, obviously was not a pleasant experience for my management team, no doubt.. Brubaker's daughter . Sinclair says Bah, humbug!, the photographers union eventually agreed to a new contract, Seattle Times editorial trashing Sinclairs purchase, fake newsfrom Sinclairs vice president of news. President and CEO Colleen Brown arrived in 2005 and named Jim Clayton, a former executive with Fox's New York owned-and-operated station, vice president and general manager in July 2006. The ambitious Brickline Greenway project is set to connect St. Louis City from the north to the south and the east to the west, and design elements are taking shape. You can watch the video of that broadcast here. Former staff are sympathetic to those who still work at KOMO, largely rejecting the quit or be cast as a stooge binary. her start at KING before landing a reporting job with Good Morning America. Chief Meteorologist Steve Templeton forecasts the weather for News 4 every weekday evening from 4 to 10. Lewis anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news with Kathi Goertzen (2007-2008), and with Mary Nam (2008-2014). He started his career in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2010, and joined NBC12 in 2013. Goals: Work in network television and internationally. Therefore, we have begun an investigation into the totality of the circumstances, and the union plans to act appropriately based on those results.". He's pictured in 1990. Seattle has been the spawning ground for many famous TV news personalities. Hattie Kauffman got All rights reserved. Jamie is InvestigateTV's managing editor. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip). Veteran newsman alleges age, race and other discrimination. He can frequently be seen reporting live on location, whenever the Mariners, Sonics, or Seahawks are playing. Photo by Jon Gitchoff Others grew fed up with the station after Sinclair wanted to run a piece in response to a Seattle Times editorial trashing Sinclairs purchase. Sounder train in service for Saturdays Sounders FC match, New poll asks Washington residents what the state smell should be, Masks will soon no longer be required in Washington hospitals, Four arrested in Washington on drug trafficking charges, Illegal dumping in Seattle will now be monitored by surveillance cameras, Boeing employee from Auburn announced as Powerball winner. ". Paul Joseph Brown/Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Until his retirement in 2014, Lewis served as co-anchor for the weekday editions of KOMO 4 News at 6:00p.m. and 11:00p.m. with Mary Nam. Mark Wright is another longtime familiar Seattle face. Connable, 39, took the air in October as weekend anchor and reporter for KOMO. . This is not the way I was planning to leave KOMO News By no means was I trying to get fired via a Proud Boys live-tweet rally, Choe recounted. Two barges carrying large amounts of anhydrous ammonia broke free north of Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield, Missouri, Friday evening. Tweet at Levi or drop a comment. He was a former news anchor in Miami, ran a travel company and made regular appearances as a travel expert on Fox . ". Mapes enjoyed a notable tenure there, which ended abruptly in 2005 after drawing criticism for a story positing that President George W. Bush's may have joined the National Guard to avoid fighting in the Vietnam War. Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown is another well-known national TV personality whose early career included a stint in Seattle. "I thought I was being a good employee, so I held my tongue," he said. (Grant M. Haller/seattlepi.com file). He and Dennis Bounds were longtime anchors who left at around the same time in 2016. Dan Lewis (born December 19, 1949) [2] is a former long-time co-anchor and reporter for KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography. He was 54. https://t.co/9Udm54LLOx. But for all the turmoil, several who stayed say they never felt pressured into changing their own reporting. By. Becky Bell, a Supply Chain Analyst for Boeing, was grocery shopping with her daughter at her local Fred Meyer on Sunday, Feb. 5. In the coming months, as some staff contracts expire, several former staff members predicted more people would begin leaving the station. KMOV (Channel 4) firedLarry Connersafter a social-media controversy, prompting St. Louis' longest-tenured anchorman to defend his claim that IRS "pressure" followed his 2012 interview of President Barack Obama. He had just started a new job at KOMO, the ABC TV station in Seattle, and he was alone in his apartment when his insulin pump malfunctioned. [3], On May 21, 2014, Lewis retired from the anchor desk, but he will return from time to time for special projects.[4]. More research is being done around a link between Down syndrome and Alzheimers. But Conners has been taking hits recently at KMOV, which replaced him in late April with former sportscasterSteve Savard(alongsideSharon Reed) on the marquee 10 p.m. newscast. Last chance! The suspect accused of shooting an officer and killing a person Sunday afternoon in Dupo has died, authorities confirmed to News 4 Monday. But what issues existed were largely viewed as the same realities facing all media and there was some comfort in Fishers local roots. Connable lived with Type I diabetes his entire life and carried an insulin pump with him 24 hours a day. Come one, come all! He took over the reins of KOMO 4 News at 5 o'clock from longtime news anchor Dan Lewis, when KOMO underwent a broadcast schedule change involving their evening newscast lineup. He's pictured in 2002. St. Louis Firefighters confirm one person died in a fire last night on Greer Avenue in the Greater Ville neighborhood. KIRO 7 news anchor Steve Raible, now famous for yelling "Holy catfish," during a Seahawks game. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer. At the time, it would be Sinclairs largest purchase to date, several calling it a new jewelin the conglomerates purse. Anchor Mary Nam tweeted at President Trump, When media giants gobble up local news stations, there are repercussions.According to one person at KOMO, she joked with colleagues: Well, it was nice working with you all., Actually, this isn't funny at all. Jon Kipper joined KMOV News 4 in January of 2023 as a multimedia journalist. Several former employees said they left because they no longer believed in what the station was producing. But others say their day-to-day wasnt influenced. Everybody to a T wants out, said one. It was a cheap way to eat up air-time. "I didn't want them to come back and say I wasn't paying," he said. We as a civilization decided a long time ago that there is no freedom to walk around with an infectious disease like tuberculosis. Amid growing questions about how cases are being handled at the St. Louis Circuit Attorneys Office, a woman fears her sexual assault case slipped through the cracks letting her accused attacker off the hook. Samantha Jones anchors News 4 weeknights at 4, 5, 6 and 10. A city in the Metro East is increasing efforts to rid the city of dilapidated properties. Who was competing was only speculation, but one manager at the time told a colleague, Anybody but Sinclair.. Former KOMO News reporter Brook Stanford died Thursday after a brief illness. In July 1996, Bruce King retired from KOMO-TV after a career spanning more than 30 years, and in his retirement, he named Eric Johnson as the new sports director for all weeknight editions of KOMO News 4. What works in Alabama doesnt work here. Bill Strothman, a longtime KOMO photojournalist, was killed when a KOMO news helicopter crashed near Seattle Center, March 18, 2014 . Swanson is pictured in 2002. Wayne Cody ("the Mound of Sound") was a popular sportscaster from the '70s to '90s on KIRO TV and radio. Then the purchase happened in Spring of 2013, days after the conference. Brenden has covered the Cardinals for KMOV.com since 2016. Jeff Renner, KING5. The answer may not come as much of a surprise. They added more newscasts, but not reporters. "I pay my taxes, just like any other taxpayer," Conners said. John Seigenthaler Jr. cut his teeth at KOMO before moving on to NBC. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Margaret Larson now hosts KING-TV's show, "New Day Northwest.". Take a look at Seattle-area broadcasters whove landed in the national spotlight. Another Washington community is having to deal with the possibility of rogue sex offenders. Im baffled., Suspect charged in fatal shooting in downtown St. Louis, Former Sweetie Pies TV star Tim Norman gets two life sentences in nephews death, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol slams ump C.B. "I'm only asking that question. GSBA, Comcast, and other partners are working to address disparities in access to financial resources with the Ready for Business fund. "We regret to announce that Larry Conners is no longer a KMOV news reporter," president and general managerMark Pimentelsaid in the statement. One employee said KOMO staff started to call its competitor station, Q13, "KOMO North" because so many of their colleagues started working there after leaving. Wappler died in 2010. She has since returned to Q13. A lot of people here, they worked side-by-side with him on elections and breaking stories and severe weather," Pimentel said. Choe denies that allegation. Staff wanted their new corporate owners to acknowledge that. Meteorologist/reporter, Abby Acone jumps into the fray at FOX 13. Milt Furness worked at KOMO from 1967 until 1982, serving as the newsdesk manager, reporter, and anchoring the morning news (in the early 1970s) and the evening news (in the later 1970s and early 1980s). Former KOMO television and radio news anchor Eric Slocum has died at 54. He came to KOMO-TV in 1987 after working for two years as a co-anchor and reporter at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C.. Before that, he had worked as a co-anchor and reporter at WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1982 until 1985, a co-anchor and reporter at WLKY-TV in Louisville, Kentucky from 1979 until 1982 and as a co-anchor and reporter at KTBS-TV in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1977 to 1978. During the 1960s, local television personality Don McCune became well known for two programs. Former Seahawk Kenny Mayne is best known for his work at ESPN. Dan has three children: Dan Jr., Kristian, and Tim. But Sinclair has said it would sell Q13 if the sale is approved. [5][6] Tim is the only child to go into broadcasting school and he was formerly weekend sports anchor for KIMA 29 KEPR 19 in Yakima/Tri-Cities from 2004 to 2006. There he describes himself as a "Texan, Marine, gun owner, pilot, Harley Rider, poker player" and says "these views are my 1st Amendment Rights.". The Columbian black-tail deer has become a habitat threat, creating ideal conditions for invasive plants and forest fires. Caresse Jackman is a national consumer investigative reporter with a focus on exposing scams and digging into consumer concerns. Conners, My family is shocked and horrified by the firing of Larry Conners. Keith Jackson, now retired after a long career with ABC Sports, had his start at KOMO in the 1950s. Conners came to St. Louis in 1976 as an investigative reporter for KMOV. In 2018, she ran against Senator Maria Cantwell as a Republican candidate but lost. Kristy Lee replaced Susan Hutchison as KIRO's evening news anchor in 2001. All Rights Reserved. Amid a national outcry over Sinclair Broadcasting and its mandate to insert conservative talking points on local TV news, several journalists at KOMO News . Were covering the extremes on either side. Washington Democrats are trying to force employers to hire or retain potheads with new legislation. But for the newly-pilloried staff of KOMO met in recent months and days by social media demands that they quit the complicated relationship is several years old. Among the layoffs, the KOMO librarian, a woman known for her ability to dig up both archival footage and documents to push stories forward. Please, don't friend or follow this columnist; he knows social media can bite. Today, students from Central Visual and Performing Arts made the trip to Jefferson City to make their plea to lawmakers, urging them to consider gun reform legislation. Mark Wright is now a KING/5 morning news anchor. Fisher Communications-owned KOMO/4 pink-slipped three of its veteran reporters Monday morning. Updated May 8, 2007 Fisher Communications-owned KOMO/4 pink-slipped three of its veteran reporters Monday morning. (Photo by Houston Chronicle). Eric Johnson began his broadcasting career in 1984 at KTVB 7 in Boise, Idaho, serving as the station's weekend sports anchor. Freddys Frozen Custard & Steakburgers will open inside the Budweiser terrace in right field. But will the Seattle Landmarks Board sign off? KOMO employees will take on Trump-friendly bosses, John Olivers Sinclair rant: There is more to the story, Coming soon to KOMO: More editorials from ex-Trump official, Sinclair wont guarantee jobs for KOMO staff, Christmas bonus for KOMO employees? References This is a learning opportunity. Stuff started to circulate, stories about Sinclair and how they had handled things,said another longtime senior staff member. She was called into the station general manager's office from her Edmonds home on what was supposed to be her day off. Former Seattle news anchor Margaret Larson also became known for her humanitarian work. Gauntt became news director in February. In September a lien was placed on their Clayton home. Also pictured are the Lockes' children Emily, left, and Dylan. Eric was a part of the KOMO News team for 16 years, starting in 1991. How federal weed legalization would impact Washington state, ArtSEA: Bronze books in Bellevue and a rush of Seattle readings, The egg shortage won't end anytime soon. For years theyve ignored that reality, and the ratings and the bottom line have reflected that.. He joined the station in 1982, and sported the 'stache for decades. KING5's Jeff Renner is another longtime, popular TV journalist. In spite of the abrupt dismissal, Furia refuses to say anything negative about his former employers, saying he still respects his good friends working there. Subscribe to the podcast here. They were known for being conservative, a reputation theyd earned through pushing the swift-boatstory, which questioned the war-record of 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry. Former KMOV anchor will host 9-12 night shift on KTRS. GSBA, Comcast, and other partners are working to address disparities in access to financial resources with the Ready for Business fund. "I made payments every month.". Weathercaster/reporter Nikki Torres hit her one-year anniversary at KATU 2/Portland and says "Let's go for a second round." We trekked to Teneriffe Falls in North Bend! "Larry is a respected journalist. During May, prime-time programming finales on the networks -- KOMO is the area's ABC affiliate -- have the potential of boosting ratings for late-evening newscasts. The man police say is responsible for the shooting death of a co-worker and wounding a Dupo police officer had a lengthy criminal history spanning more than 20 years. "I kept asking, 'Why, why, why?' They somehow say, Fired anchor seems set to sue over dismissal, The headline "Conners is fired from KMOV" (May 23) should be an eye opener to every older person who works for a firm for a long time. Former KOMO News reporter Jonathan Choe admits that he made a series of mistakes that led up to his termination from the Sinclair-owned media company, but he hopes second chances and the publics good graces will allow him to continue to report on the destruction of Seattle perpetrated by what he calls extreme actors.. It would cost $10-15 million to renovate it. Joyce Taylor now anchors KING5's evening weekday shows, having taken over from Lori Matsukawa. Glenn Beck was born and raised in Washington, but got his start elsewhere. ", "Kathi Goertzen dies after long battle with brain tumors", "Dan Lewis announces plans to step away from KOMO anchor desk", "Dan Lewis and daughter share interest in fundraising", "Sports Anchor Tim Lewis Leaving Spokane to Join His Dad at Seattle's KOMO", "Dan Lewis, Tim Lewis share anchor desk for first time", "Winds of change for weather guy Andy Wappler", Bio page for Dan Lewis at KOMO-TV's website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Lewis_(newsreader)&oldid=1114806945, news reporting, breaking news, puns, golf, This page was last edited on 8 October 2022, at 10:39. When KOMO's parent company, Fisher Communications, launched its own cable news network, SNC (Satellite News Channel) and the local program, Fisher Satellite News, Furness was named news director. David Kroman is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where he covered city politics. He rose to fame after anchoring CNN's coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, his first first on-air broadcast ever for the network. My concern, though, is this chilling effect, that this could have the intimidation tactics used by activists, that coordinated effort by my critics over the weekend to call the station to bombard the station with emails. Conners concluded the statement by saying he respects the importance of journalists keeping personal issues separate from professional ones. In a recent blog post recapping his termination, Choe references the Southern Poverty Law Centers designation of the group as an extremist hate group, known for anti-Muslim and misogynistic rhetoric. A photo montage reel of the rally Choe tweeted was scored to Well Have Our Home Again, written and produced by a member of The Mannerbund, designated as a white nationalist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. That they were a good olboys network and they had very little diversity.. John Schubeck . But during the conference in Las Vegas, chatter spread that there was a bidding war going on for the station. Can I prove it? Zepeda said, "It has been a joy. Sinclair, more than any other media conglomerate, was seen as a departure from the local connection KOMO was so proud of. You can also see her reporting during our evening newscasts. Anybody but Sinclair: Issues with the controlling owners are nothing new for KOMO journalists. He was a former news anchor in Miami, ran a travel company and made regular appearances as a travel expert on Fox News, CBS television stations, the BBC and many other television networks, according to a Wikipedia page dedicated to him. Michelle Malkin came to The Seattle Times as a columnist after a stay at a conservative think tank. Staff have chafed at the new ownership while also understanding the weak job prospects of a dwindling media landscape. Aaron Brown reported for KING and KIRO before moving to ABC News and then CNN. A debate about control when it comes to home-based businesses as state lawmakers decided last year to take control away from cities to give business owners more freedom. Photo courtesy of Dan Lewis. It wasn't until Donald Trump that viewers had ever wondered who Sinclair was. She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education. He's pictured ca. Keith Ervin. The complaint we knew was coming has arrived, and in it, Larry Conners makes clear he's not happy about how he was treated in recent years at KMOV. A pilot program will use cameras. The meteorologist joined KING in 1977 and became a weather anchor and science editor in 1980. When they cut jobs and automate production, it frees up temporary cash so they can then over-leverage their content farms,said one former reporter. Two Missouri State Representatives have filed two bills to try to seek answers for people who are victims of hazardous and atomic bomb waste in St. Louis and St. Charles Counties. Bier on the Pier takes place on October 7th and 8th and features local ciders, food trucks and live music - not to mention the beautiful views of the Guemes Channel and backdrop of downtown Anacortes. In a contentious vote last year, the photographers union eventually agreed to a new contract for fear of losing their jobs permanently. Having acquired SeattlePI news partner KOMO-TV in 2013, Sinclair is also working. Read more about this topic: KOMO-TV, News Operation, When the reviews are bad I tell my staff that they can join me as I cry all the way to the bank.Wladziu Valentino Liberace (19191987), Kathi Goertzen - anchor/special assignment reporter (deceased August 13, 2012). Daniela is a bilingual investigative producer for InvestigateTV. But before she joined the show in 1992, she was a sports anchor at KIRO 7, where she looked a lot different. former broadcaster at KAMT/Tacoma, KRPM FM/Tacoma, KJUN/Puyallup, KASY/Auburn, KTAC AM/Tacoma, KBRD FM/Tacoma, KMTT FM . "Larry is certainly entitled to his opinion, but taking a personal political position on one of the stations Facebook pages creates an appearance of bias that is inconsistent with important journalistic standards," Pimentel's statement said. Former KOMO News anchor Bill Brubaker, who spent over two decades at the station as one of the main on-air talent, died this weekend. Stephanie Boyd, the mother of Bryanna Dentman-Johnson, now lives with an unimaginable pain. One employee had colleagues at other Sinclair stations who, before the KOMO sale, had warned about these segments. As crime increases, our safety measures must too, GSBA is closing the disparity gap with Ready for Business Fund. KOMO's newsroom is part of the Seattle chapter of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Meteorologist Rebecca Stevenson was a regular on Seattle airwaves for six years before leaving for Al Jazeera America in New York. Subscribe with this special offer to keep reading, (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). He announced on April 15, 2016, that he was departing as part of a "voluntary retirement program." Follow Levi on Twitter at twitter.com/levipulk. But there was only so much she could do. Just days after getting married and moving to Seattle to resume his TV career, KOMO TV anchor Joel Connable has died from a suspected diabetic seizure. Seriously underwater., Neman: Missouri womans saga of trying to find common sense at Walmart, I can still hear the roaring of the engine, says father of teen maimed in downtown St. Louis, a statement posted about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on its website, interviewing President Barack Obama in 2012. But Mayne made a stop at KSTW -- that'd be channel 11 in Seattle -- before heading to Bristol. Bucknor for rejecting handshake: Zero class, Man shot and killed after fight in downtown St. Louis, Liberty High student killed in St. Charles shooting could heal you with a smile, Fate of St. Louis Fox Theatre still undecided, Brothers who did everything together, fashionista among victims in fatal St. Louis crash, Centene expects to lose millions of Medicaid customers beginning in April, Arch Madness: 2023 MVC Basketball Tournament bracket, schedule, game times, TV info, St. Louis man charged in quadruple fatal crash; police say he ran off with his license plate, St. Louis prosecutors staff down by nearly half as caseloads jump. Photo by Jon Gitchoff. Lily Jang, who used to anchor the news for Northwest Cable News and Q13, is now at KHOU in Houston. As feared, after the 2013 purchase, corporate soon started handing down the segments to KOMO. Brown began teaching journalism around 2007. ", Conners also said a televised statement he made about the situation last week which he conceded damaged his position was forced on him to read "as-is.". Mona Lee Locke, third from right, is pictured in 2012, with husband Gary Locke, right, who stepped down as U.S. For three decades, the affable Harry Wappler of KIRO 7 forecasted Seattle's chance of showers. The IRS claims Conners and his wife, Janet L. Conners, owe more than $85,000 from 2008, 2009 and 2010. Zepeda echoed Furia's surprise. Alison Starling was an anchor and reporter at KIRO-TV, where she covered Seattle's Nisqually earthquake in 2001. On the first anniversary of Russia's invasion, dozens gathered at St. Johns Episcopal Church to honor the lives lost. Leah joined the First Alert Weather Team as the weekend morning meteorologist. Attorney General Bob Ferguson's office could arrest or civilly commit conservatives for uttering mainstream positions under a terrifying and illegal plan. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. That first meeting was so bad, in fact, Smith returned a short time later to offer, not an apology so much as an explanation. She's pictured on Nov. 19, 2013, speaking at the opening of Athleta's flagship store in New York. Larry Conners said he has had a tax accountant prepare his statements for years and that he and his wife had paid taxes for 2008-2010, but the IRS disagreed with the Conners over some deductions. ", Escape to Long Beach, Washington before the summer crowds. Station looking into Conners' Facebook post claiming IRS "pressure" followed interview of Obama. He married Kerry Brock, another KOMO News anchor and reporter in 1992, left the station and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. He's not exactly a local TV personality -- he got his start doing political work for Sen. Maria Cantwell -- but readers seem pretty proud of him. "And it becomes very difficult for us to produce a newscast where you have someone (reporting IRS-related news) who could at least seem to be biased.". Volunteer to help people understand their Medicare options! She covered the Mariners, Seahawks and Sonics. He's pictured in 1997.